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Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PMPalazzo dal Pozzo della CisternaFrom war to peace: the hard transition Lectio Magistralis by Luigi Bonanate (University of Torino)Presented by Giorgio Carnevali (University of Padova) How has the handling of military violence changed? By analyzing “old” and “new” wars the discussion will try to help understand just how much has been done and how much more could be done to support alternative democratic solutions for the many crises in warmongering and violent areas.

Time: 3:30 PM - 6:00 PMChechyna: The war after the warWith Frédérique Longuet Marx (University of Caen), Mairbek Vachagaev (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and ex-spokesman to the Chechyna President Aslan Maskhadov)Presented by Marco Buttino (University of Torino) and Alessandra Rognoni (University of Torino)Introduction by Angelo d’Orsi (University of Torino)In collaboration with the Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà, and within the duration of the exhibition Chechyna. A war and a violent pacification (from October 8, 2008 through February 22, 2009)After almost 15 years of conflict in the Northern Caucasian region, even today you cannot speak of peace. This evening, thanks also to the participation of the former spokesman to the Chechyna President, the discussion will confront the risks that Chechyna’s violent pacification can cause on other nearby regions.

Time: 9:00 PM Palazzo dal Pozzo della Cisterna War is over… The war in Iraq after George W. Bush’s aircraft carrier speech, May 1, 2003With Sergio Cararo (journalist and international political analyst), Giorgio Carnevali (University of Padova), Michelangelo Conoscenti (University of Torino), Alessandro Lattanzio (Vice-president of IMeDD - Istituto Mediterraneo per la Democrazia Diretta- and editor of «Eurasia»)Presided over by Maurizio Vaudagna (University of Piemonte Orientale)Projection of film and documentary clipsOn the first of May, 2003, staged on the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lincoln, George W. Bush announced a speech that will not easily be forgotten. He informed the entire world that “the mission was accomplished”. To some today this could seem absurd, but the American president was in fact speaking about the the war in Iraq. With the numbers at hand, the real beginning of the war had it’s start after this declaration of its conclusion.

to followProjection of Brian De Palma’s film Redacted, 2007A Brian De Palma film about United States troops in Iraq. The film was inspired by a true event that was passed over and ignored by the news.

TORINO FRIDAY October 17

Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMPalazzo dal Pozzo della CisternaGoodbye Africa? The impossible post-war period of the “Black Continent”With Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga (University of Lille), Patrice Yengo (University of Brazzaville, Congo), Fabio Viti (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)Presided over by Giampaolo Calchi Novati (University of Pavia)A lesson for high school studentsThe event will help us reflect upon the conflicts afflicting this beloved but unfortunate continent. From time immemorial, often without large international emphasis, Africa has been a theatre of war that has brought enormous bereavement and suffering.

Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PMPalazzo dal Pozzo della Cisterna The war of the future, a return to the past. Public and private in State politicsConference by Walter Barberis (University of Torino)(Followed by a public debate)It might seem self-contradictory, but the absence of a public justification for international political affairs delimits a future of war very similar to a past as old as five centuries ago. Therefore history offers us two lessons: one about our past and our present, however, not without warnings for our future.

Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PMPalazzo dal Pozzo della CisternaUntil there is war… Humanitarian emergencies and “peace-workers”With Marco Deriu (scholar and organizer), Patrice Yengo (University of Brazzaville, Congo)Presided over by Luca Rastello (journalist)Humanitarian “intervention” is going through a difficult period and there seems to be an urgent need to clarify what is exactly intended for “humanitarian action”. Who are the “peace-workers”? Due to the rapidly increasing mixture with political, military, and powerful economic interests their physiognomy and their very role have become ambiguous.

Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PMPalazzo dal Pozzo della CisternaFalse peace and true wars in Afghanistan from 1970 till the present dayWith Elisa Giunchi (University of Milan), Ettore Mo (journalist and writer), Enrico Vigna (journalist and organizer) Afghanistan, a mosaic of cultures and ethnic groups, is a victim of it’s own geo-strategical position. The Soviet occupation, the civil wars, the rise and fall of the Taleban and the interest and interventions of western governments, starting with the United States, have condemned this country to a profound social and economic crisis. As Ettore Mo said “Does peace not become Afghanistan”?Now it’s the turn of those responsible for media information (and counter-information) to reveal the real story behind one of the many “wars without end” that have disrupted the strategic equilibrium of the world and risks everyday to set a light other evermore dangerous fuses.

Time: 9:30 PMPalazzo dal Pozzo della CisternaStories of war and peaceA conversation between Mimmo Càndito (journalist) and Ettore Mo (journalist)Two professional war journalist of great stature who have lived “inside” conflicts more than many soldiers have, will describe through their experience, the recent evolution of the figure of the war correspondent. Those journalists caught between assuming risks and responsibilities, between problems of censorship, internet and of mass communication.

to follow(On going) wars and (im)possible peace“A poetic Tenson” between Giorgio Luzzi and Giulio Stocchi (Tea and biscuits)Two civil poets, close to the problems and sufferings of the world, confront each other by reading and performing their verses on the theme of war and peace. The “tenson”, born as a verbal exchange of poetry between provençal troubadours, is newly presented this evening without, however, its original competitive and polemic elements. The poets Luzzi and Stocchi are united in their execration of war.

SALUZZO FRIDAY October 17

Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 AMSaluzzo's schoolsA lesson for studentsSome of our guests who participate at the Fourth Edition of FestivalStoria will meet students of Saluzzo’s schools. This way, already proved in the last edition of the festival, has the purpose of making easy the dialogue with the experts and the understanding of the students. Appointments are organized with teachers’collaboration.

SAVIGLIANO FRIDAY October 17

Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 AMCinema Aurora – Via Ghione, 10 The trial of the book: Storia della mafia. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri by Salvatore Lupo (Donzelli, 2000) Performed by students from the high school of Savigliano Participation by the author as the “defendant” - Presided over by Sergio Soave (University of Torino)Under the direction of a reliable historian, acting as presiding judge of the “Courthouse”, two groups of students will play the respective parts of the accused and of the defense. A formula invented and successfully experimented by FestivalStoria. Here it is proposed again by leaving the words to our young readers. The audience will be later called upon to participate as the “public jury” to deliver the “verdict”.

SALUZZO SATURDAY October 18

Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMAntico Palazzo ComunaleThe Alpine troops. Between the mountains and the city: myth and reality of the “Black Feathers”Giorgio Rochat (former professor at University of Torino) in a conversation with Marco Mondini (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and the University of Padova) and Pierluigi Scolè (Università of Bicocca, Milano)Projection of scenes from Passano i soldati by Luca Gasparini, 2006Originally born as a defense corp in 1872 for the mountainous areas of Italy, the Alpine troops attained their maximum growth during the first world war. During this period, and during world war two, they served an important role in military strategy, even when, as in the unfortunate Russian military campaign, they were to become victims of Mussolini’s madness. The current public opinion has been profoundly influenced by the profuse literature that has surrounded the Alpine troops. It sees the “Black Feathers”, with its strong esprit de corps, as a sort of peace community, a large club of old friends who love their reunions that always end in song and wine. Our three scholars will clarify what is myth and what is reality.

Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PMAntico Palazzo Comunale – Via Salita al CastelloHome we go? After September 8: the case of the Cuneo mountains With Livio Berardo (historian, Istituto Storico della Resistenza e della Società Contemporanea in Provincia di Cuneo), Mario Giovana (journalist and historian)Presided over by Santo Peli (University of Padova)This discussion, with its title inspired by the homonymous film by Comencini, will try to analyze, not only the beginning of the German occupation that left cities and mountains bleeding, but above all, the double disbandment - civil and military- of the Cuneo valleys. That of the IV Armed Forces and that of those who left for the mountains.

Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PMAntico Palazzo ComunaleThe mafia, the Americans and the attempt of the post-war Sicilian “secession” With Salvatore Lupo (University of Palermo), Saro Mangiameli (University of Catania), Rocco Sciarrone (University of Torino)In Sicily, during the immediate post-war period, a turbid intertwined drama of events occurred (even today not completely clear) that saw the involvement of the Italian and American mafia, gun men and the Italian police (still evidently little used to the new post-fascist situation). The terrorism that occurred, primarily anti-communist, functioned also as a grand design for a secession attempt masterminded by certain strategists here and across the Atlantic and played out by some of the then local “heros”, first and foremost, Salvatore Giuliano.

Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PMAntico Palazzo Comunale(On going) wars and (im)possible peace“A poetic tenson” between Giorgio Luzzi and Giulio Stocchi Two civil poets, close to the problems and sufferings of the world, confront each other by reading and performing their verses on the theme of war and peace. The “tenson”, born as a verbal exchange of poetry between provençal troubadours, is newly presented this evening without, however, its original competitive and polemic elements. The poets Luzzi and Stocchi are united in their execration of war.

Time: 9:30 PM Teatro Don Bosco – Via Donaudi, 36Songs against the warYo Yo Mundi in concert, with the presence of Fabrizio PagellaThe music of Yo Yo Mundi shifts in balance between folk, popular and acoustical music. Their use of the accordion, guitar and violin with their often forceful and melancholic melodies will sweep the audience away.Admission fee € 5,00The proceeds will be donated to the Istituto Professionale Silvio Pellico of Saluzzo

SAVIGLIANO SATURDAY October 18

Ex Convento di Santa Monica Università di Torino sede di Savigliano – Via Garibaldi, 6Germany, year zero. How does peace and democracy return after the catastrophe? With Susanna Böhme-Kuby (University of Udine and Venezia), Johann Chapoutot (University of Grenoble)Presided over by Gian Mario Bravo (University of Torino)Projection of selected scenes from the films Germany, year zero by Roberto Rossellini (1948) and The marriage of Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1978)The conflict of the post-war period is one of survival in a world of destruction. The main objective of the “year zero” scenario was the hope to re-establish human relationships and enter again into society. The discussion will lead us to analyze just how much is myth and how much is reality in the formula “year zero”. Peace in an annihilated post-war Germany with its many contradictions and dramatic difficulties is just another demonstration that war, and that specific war (the first real “total war”) leaves deep lasting scars in the body and soul that are extremely difficult to cure.

The “battle against banditry ” With Gigi Di Fiore (giornalista e scrittore), Salvatore Lupo (Università di Palermo), Pierre-Yves Manchon (Università di Parigi-I Panthéon-Sorbonne)The battle fought by the Italian army against banditry and the revolutionary potentiality of the enlarged farmers revolt, took on, in the immediate years following the unification, the form of a civil war. This discussion will try to delineate, between myth and ideologies, the intensity, the social extension, the territorial scale and duration of the anti-unity resistance.

Time: 3,00 PM - 4,30 PMEx Convento di Santa Monica Università di Torino sede di SaviglianoThe corsair war, piracy and religious conflict in the modern Mediterranean With Giovanna Fiume (University of Palermo), Salvatore Bono (Professor Emeritus, University of Perugia), Sadok Boubaker (University of Tunis)The discussion will focus on the definition of the historical and cultural reality of the Mediterranean. Starting from the 14th century, it saw an entwined evolvement of the phenomenon of piracy and the race to the seas with the surfacing of new religious conflicts: the Jihad and the Crusades.

Time: 5,00 PM - 6,15 PMEx Convento di Santa Monica Università di Torino sede di SaviglianoAfter armistice. Italy during 1943 and 1945: national war, civil war, social war With Anna Bravo (former professor at the University of Torino), Mirco Dondi (University of Bologna)Presided over by Bruno Maida (University of Torino)Even if 65 years have elapsed since the 1943 armistice we need to return again to those dramatic moments and retrace the events that occurred after september 8 that generated the collapse of various levels of our nation: the fall of the political/military authority, the decline of an entire regime that declared itself to be eternal, the profound change in individual and community spirit and the break-up of existing social bonds.

Time: 6,30 PM - 8,00 PMEx Convento di Santa Monica Università di Torino sede di SaviglianoStrange defeat (1939-1945). Battles, armistice, occupation: a comparison between Italy and France With Lucio Ceva Valla (former professor at Università di Pavia), Annie Lacroix-Riz (University of Paris VII - Denis Diderot), Giorgio Rochat (former professor at University of Torino)The title of this conference was inspired by the posthumous book by Marc Bloch (1946). The intention this evening is to narrate the events, in Italy and France, occurring after the start of the second world war. From the fall of the French army in-front of the German enemy to the events of the Italian armed forces pre and post-armistice.

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AMAntico Palazzo ComunaleFaith and land. From civil war to the birth the Irish state With Manuela Ceretta (University of Torino), John Gibney (The National University, Galway),Giulio Giorello (University of Milano)Presided over by Silvia Calamati (journalist, collaborator with Rai News 24)Projection of the film An Fhìrinne. The Struggle for the Truth About Collusion, produced by the Belfast Association An Fhìrinne, 2004 (Italian version by Silvia Calamati)A conflict that goes well beyond a religious or civil war. This conference will examine the management of the conflict by the London authorities, the many assassinations of innocent citizens and the indifference of the international public opinion in front of a violence that has not diminished even after the end of the IRA fighting.

Time: 12:00 AM - 1:00 PMCaffè Principe, via Silvio Pellico 24An aperitif with history Presentation of the book by Salvatore Bono, Un altro Mediterraneo. Una storia comune tra scontri e integrazioni, Salerno Editrice, 2008 with Alessandro Barbero. The author will be presentSalvatore Bono will analyze and define a part of the world, the Mediterranean, where the destinies of the whole of Europe, the Arab world, Turkey and Israel are interlaced. Admission fee and consumption € 3,50

Time: 3,30 PM - 5,00 PMAntico Palazzo ComunaleKosovo and beyond. After the end of the Balkan war With Dunja Badnjevic (author and scholar), Nicole Janigro (journalist and psychotherapist),Fabio Mini (general and scholar)Coordinated by Tommaso Di Francesco (journalist)Before the discussion students from Saluzzo’s elementary and junior high schools will read excerpts from the volume by Enrico Vigna Dalla guerra all’assedio. Lettere di bambini serbi del Kosovo Metohija, La Città del Sole, 2004The analysis presented this evening will start with the present day situation. It will explore, in a detailed way, the roots of the conflict which are also “cultural” dictated by the respective perceptions and evaluations of history that both the Serbs and the Albanians give to lay claim to Kosovo as their homeland. The declaration of the end of the “humanitarian” or to some the “ethical” war hasn’t signified the end to hostilities or an end to the pogrom. It has, if little else, reversed the roles of the victims and the executioner, with an embarrassed silence from the “international community”.

Time: 5,15 PM - 6,00 PMAntico Palazzo ComunaleHow long did the Thirty year war last?Conference by Johannes Burkhardt (University of Augusta, Germany)Introduced by Angela De Benedictis (University of Bologna)The thirty year war was surely the major European conflict of modern times. It had repercussions of political and social nature vital for the new European order. The question this evening that will be addressed is: Did the Peace of Westphalia try to eliminate or rather to institutionalize a violence that the new religious wars have reintroduced in a postmodern form?

to followThe children fell from the calendarPoems of war and peace. Readings with musical accompaniment Christian Castellano, Francesca IacovelliMusic by Francesco Mari, Marco Pompei

SAVIGLIANO SUNDAY October 19

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AMEx Convento di Santa Monica Università di Torino sede di SaviglianoCivil wars and international tensions in Europe after the end the Great War With Maurizio Serra (historian and diplomat), Enzo Traverso (University of Amiens)Presided over by Angelo d’Orsi (University of Torino)Projections of excerpts from Oh! Uomo by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, 2004The world exits from the Great War deeply mutated, but the many historical novelties didn’t regard only the change in international relationships. The entrance of the mass movement on the historical scene, the strengthening of socialism and social upheaval would leave a deep sign on the future of Europe for the subsequent decades. Our contemporary world, a direct result of that war, has generated battles without confines between “Revolution” and “Response”, “Conservation” and “Progress”, “Civilization” and “Barbarity” just to mention a few of the most noted political phenomenon.

Time: 12:00 AM - 1:00 PMVillage Art Café, via Alfieri 8An aperitif with historyPresentation of the novel by Dunja Badnjevic, L’isola nuda , Bollati Boringhieri, 2008 with Nicole Janigro. The author will be presentA novel and at the same time a biographical history narrates the story of a generation scarred by the tragic events of Ex-Yugoslavia.Admission fee and consumption € 3,50

Conduce Lucio Ceva Valla (former professor at University of Pavia)Franco’s dictatorship, following the Spanish civil war, gave rise to brutal killings due also to the many trials at special tribunes that lasted thirty years until the death of the tyrant. During the discussion, our guests will analyze the transformation of power of Franco's regime, the practice of violence and the ferocious "quarantine" imposed on the opposition.

Time: 5,15 PM - 6,15 PMEx Convento di Santa Monica Università di Torino sede di SaviglianoThe rendering of accounts: A comparison between Italy and Germany at the end of the second world war With Filippo Focardi (University of Padova), Thomas Schlemmer (Institut für Zeitgeschichte of Munich)Conduce Bruno MaidaThe discussion will examine the ordeal of the “purification” in Italy and the “de-nazism” in Germany. While in Germany it was imposed on them by the allied occupational forces at the end of the war, in Italy the purification started while fascism was still present. Was it a successful “experiment”? Could more have been done? Above all, could something different have been done?

Time: 9:00 PMMilanollo Theater – Piazza Turletti, 7Straight in the eyesPerformance by students of Centro di Studi Teatrali Milanollo of SaviglianoThe piece will confront the conflict between human relations, of non-communication, of suffering, of relationships devastated by the apparent normality of everyday living. The constant war with oneself, with ones personal loves, fears and the judgement and opinions of others.Admission fee € 5,00

The events in program for the IV Edition of FestivalStoria enter in the Piano delle attività di formazione e aggiornamento di CIDI e FNISM di Torino. All Italian professors can use the special terms provided by art. 62 of C.C.N.L.